JonKoch
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Apparently you dont shop for food....if you don't think people can feed themselves with $255.00 a month.*Gross Income Limit If not Elderly or Disabled *Max F.S. Benefit for Everyone
1 person: $1,265 $194
2 people: $1,705 $357
3 people: $2,144 $511
4 people: $2,584 $649
I think there is a problem here. A family of 3 making $2144 a month getting $511 a month or 27% of their income in Food Stamps. That's not saving folks from starvation. It's making them comfortable in a lesser job. And THAT is why "participation rate" has more than doubled in 10 years. It's not subsidence --- it's redistribution..
A lot of smart Liberals realize you can't be EXPANDING enrollment on programs just to win constituents AND truly help the needy at the same time. When you start putting 15% of America on Food Stamps, that's a lot less money available for the TRULY needy on MediCaid, Housing, Education, etc..
GAWD
For example, a household of 3 with a net income of $1,500 must subtract $450 (30 percent of $1,500) from the maximum allotment for their household, which is $511 per month. They then subtract the $450 from the $511 maximum. The household will receive a food stamp allotment of $61 for the month.
How to Calculate Amount of Food Stamps
On average, SNAP households currently receive about $255 a month. The average SNAP benefit per person is about $126 per month, which works out to about $1.40 per person per meal
A Quick Guide to SNAP Eligibility and Benefits
"On average, SNAP households currently receive about $255 a month. The average SNAP benefit per person is about $126 per month, which works out to about $1.40 per person per meal"
Sure -- more mathematical ineptitude. Let's take a quick class here..
If you restricted SNAP to folks close to the Poverty level --- MOST of those folks would be getting the MAXIMUM benefit.... So the AVERAGE bennie would be high.
Now EXPAND the program to folks near 3 times the Poverty and feed a bigger pool of bennies to folks getting token $65/month SNAP payments. The AVERAGE payout is severely DILUTED because the pool got larger and the MAJORITY of folks are getting bennies reduced by their income. AND the program cost SKYROCKETS because of the GROWTH of the pool even with their reduced bennies..
You lefties need to more nimble with math concepts. So you don't wrap yourselves around the axle tossing numbers around that don't have a lot of meaning..
Show of hands class. Who still doesn't understand how raising the qualifying income LOWERS the "average SNAP benefit" ?? All the others may go to recess...
Wait a CONservative is trying to tell me about MATH??? LMAOROG
After Dubya/GOP GUTTED revenues to 14.6% of GDP from Clinton's 20% of GDP and Cheeto promises more of the same???